Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
7th Meeting, 2025
The Committee will decide whether to take items 4 and 5 in private.
The Committee will consider the following continued petitions—
PE2018: Recognise the value of swimming pools and provide financial relief to help keep pools open. The Committee will take evidence from—
John Lunn, Chief Executive, Scottish Swimming
Derek McGown, Coach, East Kilbride Swimming Club
Duncan Scott OBE, Olympic Athlete
Abi Thomson, Young Volunteer Programme Champion
and then from—
Dianne Breen, Coached Programmes Manager, Sport Aberdeen
Kirsty Doig, Director, The Darcey Sunshine Project
Jillian Gibson, Policy Manager for Sport and Physical Activity, COSLA
Ben Lamb, Chief Executive, West Lothian Leisure (Xcite)
and then consider—
PE1610: Upgrade the A75;
PE1657: A77 upgrade;
PE1916: Request a public inquiry into the management of the rest and be thankful project;
PE1967: Protect Loch Lomond’s Atlantic oakwood shoreline by implementing the High road option for the A82 upgrade between Tarbet and Inverarnan;
PE2132: Publish a timeline for the dualling of the A96 between Inverness and Nairn by Easter 2025;
PE1911: Review of Human Tissue (Scotland) Act 2006 as it relates to post-mortems;
PE1962: Stop motorhomes parking overnight out with formal campsites, caravan parks and Aires;
PE2024: Create a national, public information programme to raise awareness of the impacts of steroids, selective androgen receptor modulators, and other performance enhancing drugs;
PE2079: Introduce legislation to provide for exemptions in paying medical facility parking charges and to create a new classification of parking badge for care-givers; and
PE2136: Make non-fatal strangulation a standalone criminal offence in Scotland.
Papers for this item:
Petition PE2018 (292KB, pdf) posted 17 April 2025
Petition PE1610 PE1657 (232KB, pdf) posted 17 April 2025
Petition PE1916 (220KB, pdf) posted 17 April 2025
Petition PE1967 (242KB, pdf) posted 17 April 2025
Petition PE2132 (223KB, pdf) posted 17 April 2025
Petition PE1911 (227KB, pdf) posted 17 April 2025
Petition PE1962 (231KB, pdf) posted 17 April 2025
Petition PE2024 (260KB, pdf) posted 17 April 2025
Petition PE2079 (252KB, pdf) posted 17 April 2025
Petition PE2136 (196KB, pdf) posted 17 April 2025
2 private papers will be discussed during this agenda item
The Committee will consider the following new petitions—
PE2139: Automatic expulsion for children charged with committing a crime against another child; and
PE2146: Allow the use of privately sourced donor eggs in NHS funded IVF treatment.
Papers for this item:
Petition PE2139 (252KB, pdf) posted 17 April 2025
Petition PE2146 (260KB, pdf) posted 17 April 2025
The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 2.
The Committee will consider its work programme.
Papers for this item:
1 private paper will be discussed during this agenda item